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<span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>That the participation of your faith may bear fruits in works, and in knowledge of everything that is good which you have in Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>For we have great joy and consolation in your love, and the hearts of the saints are refreshed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>For this reason, I have great boldness in Christ, to command of you those things which are right, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And for love’s sake I earnestly beseech you; even I, Paul, an old man as you know, and now also a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>I beseech you on behalf of my son Ones’i- mus, whom I converted during my imprisonment: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>But of whom in the past you could not make use, but now he is very useful both to you and to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>I send him to you again: welcome him as my own boy: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>For I would have kept him with me to minister to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>But I did not wish to do anything without consulting you, that your good deeds might not be done as though by compulsion, but of your own desire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Perhaps this was the reason why he left you for a while, that you can now engage him for ever; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Henceforth not as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, and much more to you, both in the flesh and in our LORD.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Now, therefore, if you still count me a partner, welcome him as you would me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>And if he has caused you any loss, or if he owes you anything, put it on my account: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>I, Paul, have written this with my own hand; I will repay it, not reminding you that you owe to me even your own life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Indeed, my brother, let me have comfort through you in our LORD: refresh my heart in Christ.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Because I have confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I ask.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>In addition to all this, prepare me a lodging; for I hope that through your prayers I shall be spared to come to you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Ep’a-phras, my fellow prisoner in Jesus Christ, salutes you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>So do Mark, Ar-is-tar’chus, De’mas, and Luke, my fellow-workers.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/philemon/1-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 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